Intensely folded dike in a metamorphic boulder, Lulliavagge, Sarek National Park, Sweden
Photographer: Rüdiger Franz (submitted by Ulrich Zielke)
Location: Lulliavagge, altitude: 1,300 m, Sarek National Park, Sweden
Lattitude: 67.198°
Longitude: 17.670°
Date: 08/19/2006
Description:
Weathered boulder of unknown type (probably amphibolite, gabbro or peridotite) including an astounding intensely folded mafic dike. The dike is surrounded by a pale brown alteration halo, which branch into the rock along some fractures. The boulders shown in the photograph are part of huge masses of debris deposited by glaciers.
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Tags: Dike, Falten, fold, folded, folds, glacier, Gletscher, Lulliavagge, national park, Nationalpark, Sarek, Schweden, Sweden, verfaltet
